Backcountry is a well-acted film with a familiar premis
Foxcatcher chronicles the tragic partnership of multi-m
Hell hath no fury like a fairy whose wings have been
Nymphomaniac Vol. 2 continues with the foreseeable consequences within any film that deals with the trope of addiction. Joe is, inevitably, going to try to find a higher high – or in this case a resurgent orgasm – and ultimately hit rock bottom, both of which she does. However, there are moments within this second installment that […]
Lars Von Trier’s Nyphomaniac Vol. I is, unfortunately, disappointing. Perhaps it’s because it comes on the heels of astonishingly profound films like Antichrist and Melancholia. Certainly, the former has been misunderstood as misogynistic propaganda with a load of shock value and the latter has been largely dismissed because of a comment about the Nazi aesthetic being taken […]
Like his misogynist personality that overshadowed the critically ignored but socially relevant Antichrist, Lars von Trier – with the help of truncated sound bites taken out of context – submarined the recognition of his follow up, Melancholia. If there’s nothing else we can learn from both von Triar and Oliver Stone, it’s wise to remember that any […]
I’m not one for listening intently to animals, but when one is self-disemboweling and mangy, you might as well take heed. Turn around Willem Defoe! Your unnamed wife is brandishing a grindstone and is about to fasten it to your leg after she bores a hole through your ankle with a screwdriver! I guess it […]
